Eyeglass frame



Aug. 29, 1933. F G, MARClANo 1,924,951

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] www L Aug. 29, 1933- F. G. M'AR'clANo EYEGLASS FRAME Filed Dec. s,1929 s sheets-sheet 2 Aug. 29, 1933. F. G. MARclANo EYEGLASS FRAME FiledDec. 26. 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 UNITED STATES PATENT FFE-C EYEGLAss FRAMEFrank G. Marciano, Providence, R. I., assigner to Universal OpticalCorporation, Providence, R. I., a. corporation of Rhode Island'Application December 26, 1929 Serial No. 416,603 y 3 Claims. (Cl'. 8845) My invention relates to bridge members adapta bridge which may beresilient in a horizontal ed to be used on eye glasses per se orpreferably plane with the addition of temples attached to the edgesThese and such other objects of my invention of the lenses asspectacles. The advantages of as may hereinafter appear will be bestundereye glasses over spectacles are well known, namestood from adescription of the accompanying ly, that the eye glasses are providedwith nose drawings which illustrate an embodiment thereof. grippingmembers which firmly attach the eye In the drawings, Fig. l is a frontelevation of glasses to the nose at the desired focal distance an eyeglass frame having a bridge member confroin the eyes. The advantages ofspectacles are structed in accordance with the teachings of myadditionally well known, namely, that they hold invention. Gt theglasses on the nose without gripping or pinch- Fig. 2 iS a plan Vev.rtheTeOf With temples lDV- ing the nose. On the other hand, however,specotally 'attached to each end of the rims showing tacles are not soapt to hold the glasses on the hOW the metallic blidgermembel" andattached nose at the desired focal distance from the eyes. IHIS be bentt0 leSleIltly mOVe the TmS ill y An object of my invention therefore isto proa horizontal plane for different desired nose gripto vide aresilient spring bridge member, preferably ping or nose removalpositions. constructed of a single piece of resilient metal Fig. 3 is aperspective View of the thin metallic adapted to lightly grip the nosewhile permitbridge member I preferably emplOY. ting the temples attachedto the ends of the Fig. 4 is a sectional View of the bridge member.

frame to additionally bind the eye glass frame to Fig. 5, similar toFig. l is a front elevation par- 75 the nose in the desired position,thereby comtially shown in section of a different embodibining the bestfeatures of spectacles and eye ment of my invention with the bridgeintegral glasses. It is also well known that certain noses with themetal guard embedded into the compo-r are so shaped that they can notwear eye glasses. sition rims.

A further feature of my invention therefore Fig. 6 is a plan view,similar to Fig. 2 of the SO due to the fact that the metallic bridgemember embodimentV shown in Fig. 5. may be bent in a horizontal plane toany desired Fig. '7 is a sectional View thereof taken along position andresiliently returned to said set posithe line 7-7 of Fig. S. tion is toprovide an eye glass frame which may Fig. 8 is a front elevation similarto Fig. 1 of be sold to all classes of people in which if desired afurther embodiment of my inventionv having it to be used as spectaclesthe bridge member may metal rims. be bent so far apart as only lightlyrest on the Fig. 9-is a plan view thereof. nose and if it is desired tobeV used as eye glasses Fig. 10 is a sectional view taken' along thesaid bridge member may be bent to iirmly grip line 10-10 ofV Fig. 9. Ithe nose the temples affording additional sup- In the drawings, whereinlike characters of port to the rims. reference indicate like partsthroughout, 10 gen- A further object of my invention is to provideerally indicates an eye glass frame constructed an eye glass frame of apleasing design and apin accordance with the teachings of myinvenpearance, preferably one having composition rims tion.. Y t r and alight metallic bridge member rigidly em- While any type of eye glassholding rims may 9" bedded into said rims of a different color than thebe employed I preferably employ Vas in the emrims and having a frontframe portion which may bodiments shown in Figs. 1-'7 eye glass holdingbe ornamented in any desired fashion. rims 12 made out Vof a compositionmaterial. I

A further feature of a modified form of my inemploy the word compositionbroadly to in- 1 n vention is to provide a combination metallic cludeall types of shell, Celluloid, phenol conbridge member e having integralretaining densation' products and other similar'composinose grippingprojections. tion products. I also provide a thin metallic A furtherfeature of another modified form of bridge member 14 having the ends 16thereof atmy invention is to provide all metallic spectacle tached tosaid rims 12. Said bridge member 14 frames having a resilient metallicbridge member is preferably adjustable to different set positions 10Dattached to the metallic rims. In all embodiand is preferably vshaped tocause the rims 12 ments of my invention the bridge member is atto gripthe nose to hold the glasses contained tached to the rims above themedian line thereof within said rims 12 at the proper focal distance soas not to interfere with the vision. from the eyes. In the embodimentshown in A further feature of my invention is to provide Figs. 1 4 thebridge member consists of a single m with the projections 32 sheet ofthin spring metal having the lower ends 18 of the downwardly projectingportions 20 thereof embedded into the nose engaging enlargements 22 ofthe composition rims 12 and also additionally has the projections 24near the top of the downwardly projecting portions thereof additionallyembedded into said composition rims 12 and has the projections split andor upset as at 26 to firmly bind said bridge member' to said compositionrims 12 at a plurality of points. The center portion 28 of said bridgemember is preferably U-shaped and has the ends or U-walls 30 thereofjoining the top of said end portions 20 together projecting rearwardlytherefrom as shown in Fig. 2. The U- walls 30 thereof as well as thecenter portion 28 thereof are resilient to permit relative movementbetween the rims for nose gripping purposes. The rims 12 are preferablyprovided at their ends to which the temples 34 may be pivotally attachedby means of the pivot pins 36. As the bridge member 14 is resilient bothin the center portion 28 thereof, it is obvious that the rims and theentire frame may be bent to the dotted line positions shown in Figs. 1and 2 either for purposes of adjustment or for nose gripping purposes.The bridge member is preferably constructed of such a material that itmay be set in different set positions and resiliently return to saidpositions when desired. For instance as suggested in Figs. 1 and 2 thebridge member 14 may be so bent that the nose gripping projections 22 onthe rims 12 will be spaced suinciently apart to grip any desired type ofnose and resiliently return to its respective nose gripping position ina horizontal plane for removal or other purposes. In addition as statedif it is desired to employ the frame entirely as spectacles the bridgemember may be so bent that the nose gripping projections 22 will be sofar apart as to only lightly rest on the nose.

I have shown in Figs. 5-'7 a slightly modified form of my inventionwherein the bridge menibei` is formed integral with the metallic nosegripping projections 22, and the integral projections 22 attached to thecomposition frame by the projections 24 and 25.

I have shown in Figs. 8-10 a still further embodiment of my inventionwherein the rims 12 are metallic, the bridge member is directly solderedthereto and the nose gripping projections 22 are either integraltherewith as shown in the embodiment shown in Figs. 5-7 or areseparately soldered to the rims 12.

' In all embodiments of my invention the bridge is attached to the rimsabove theV median point of the rims thereby raising the point ofattachment of the bridge member out of the way so that it willnotinterfere with the normal use of the eye glasses or spectacles inreading. It is thus apparent that I have provided a novel eye glassframe of pleasing appearance having both the advantages of eye glassesand spectacles. Y

It is understood that my invention isnot limited to the specificembodiments shown and that various deviations may be made therefromwithout departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. v

VWhat I claim is:

1. In combination, composition lens rims having enlarged nose grippingprojections on the inner surface thereof, a bridge member consisting ofa single integral sheet of relatively thin subnal set position on ashort movement stantially flat resilient metal bent into legs comprisingend portions projecting downwardly substantially parallel to the innerrim edges and adapted to have the outer sides thereof attached to eachlens rim and portions projecting forwardly from the upper ends thereofin a plane substantially at right angles thereto, whereby on movement ofsaid rims in a vertical plane said leg portions may be bent to a setposition and a flat top portion joining the ends of said legs togetherin a plane at right angles to the ends thereof and parallel to thehorizontal plane of said lens rims, whereby on movement of said rims ina horizontal plane away from their points of attachment to said bridgesaid top portion including the points of jointure thereof may be bent toa set position on a protracted movement thereof or for adjustment toresiliently return to its origithereof, said bridge member havingprojections projecting outwardly from the upper ends of the side wallsthereof embedded within adjacent portions of said rims and the lowerends of the legs there'- of embedded within the nose grippingprojections of the composition rims.

2. lin combination, composition lens rims, a bridge er consisting of asingle integral sheet of relatively thin substantially fiat resilientmetal bent into legs comprising portions projecting inner rim edges andadapted to have the outer sid thereof att v ched to each lens rimandporti f^ projecting forwardly from the upper ends thereof in a planesubstantially at right angles ther to, whereby on movement of said rimsin a vertical plane said leg portions nay be bent to a set position anda .flat top portion joining the ends oi legs together in a plane atright angles to the ends tiereof and parallel to the horizontal plane ofsaid lens rims, whereby on movement ci said rims in a horizontal planeaway from their if ts or" attachment to said bridge said top portionincluding the points of jointure thereof may be bent to a set positionon a protracted movement there-oi or for adjustment to resilientlyreturn to its original set position on a short movement thereof, saidbridge member having two pointed portions on each leg thereof embeddedinto 3. In combination with lens rims, a bridge member consisting of asingle integral sheet of relatively thin substantially flat resilientmetal bent into legs como ng end portions projecting downwardlysubstantially parallel to the inner rim edges and adapted to have theoutersides thereof attached to each lens rim and portions projectingforwardly from the upper ends thereof in a plane subs antially at rightangles thereto, whereby on movement of said rims in'a vertical planesaid'leg portions may be bent to a set position and a ilat top portionjoining the ends ci said legs together vin a plane at right angles tothe ends thereof and parallel to the horizontal plane of said lenswhereby on movement of rims in a horizontal plane away from their pointsof attachment to said bridge said top portion including the points ofjointure thereof may be bent to a set positiony on a protractedriovement thereof or Jlor adjustment to resiliently reJ :n to itsoriginal set position on a short movement thereof, said bridge memberhaving two points of attachment to said rims on each side wall thereofFRANK G. MARCIANO.

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